CABLE TO RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NEB FROM CIA WASHDC

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
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S E C R E T CIT CIA-Z- 40
15TH AF (FOR DIL; SAC (FOR DIM, BRA OB, DOCR, DM 4), 2D AF
(FOR DI). FROM NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER.
CAMERA B-8 WAS USED IN MISSION 3701 FLOWN ON 25 AUG 63; PROCESSING
WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY BARKSDALE.
1. ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
A. THE EXPOSURE IS ADEQUATE AND THE RESOLUTION IS GOOD.
B. 9R SIDE: THE OUTBOARD (TITLED) EDGE OF THE FILM CONTAINS
EDGE FOG AND INTERMITTENT STATIC TRACES. THE OUTBOARD EDGES OF
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FORMATS CONTAIN ROLLER STATIC TRACES WHICH ARE
DETECTABLE THROUGHOUT THE MISSION BUT DO NOT SERIOUSLY DEGRADE
THE IMAGERY. THE INBOARD (UNTITLED) EDGES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC
FORMATS ARE AFFECTED BY ROLLER STATIC TRACES WHICH DISSIPATE
AFTER THE FIRST 300-400 FRAMES. HOWEVER, ASSOCIATED MINUS DENSITY
DOTS REMAIN, SPACED APPROXIMMATELY 4.5" APART AND 0.10" IN FROM
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THE INBOARD EDGES. EDGE-TO-EDGE, BAR1 LIGHT LEAKS ARE PRESENT
IN FRAMES 1748, 1932, 2194. MANUFACTURING SPLICES, WITH ASSOCIATED
STATIC, ARE PRESENT IN FRAMES 177',,1384. CREASES DEGRADE FRAMES
178-200, 1497-1499. FRAMES 1314, 1376, 1379, 1379 CONTAIN MINUS
DENSITY STREAKS OF AN IRREGULAR (WAVY) CONFIGURATION LOCATED FROM
1" TO 2" IN FROM THE OUTBOARD EDGES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FORMATS.
C. 9L SIDE: ROLLER STATIC TRACES ARE PRESENT ON THE INBOARD
AND OUTBOARD EDGES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FORMATS THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION. THREE ROWS OF MINUS DENSITY DOTS LOCATED PARALLEL TO AND
0,95", 2.5" AND 2.95" IN FROM THE OUTBOARD EGES OF THE FILM,
RESPECTIVELY, ARE PRESENT IN ALL FRAMES. THE LINEAR DISTANCE
BETWEEN DOTS IS 1.55". A PLUS DENSITY PATTERN RESEMBLING A RIGHT
TRIANGLE IS NOTED IN FRAMES 295, 394, 395. THE BASE OF THE PATTERN
IS 4.7" WIDE AND THE HEIGHT IS 7.6". ORIGIN OF THIS PATTERN IS
UNKNOWN.
D. BOTH SIDES: THERE ARE 2194 FRAMES PER SIDE.
2. POSITIVE:
A. THERE ARE NO MAJOR CAMERA MALFUNCTIONS OR PROCESSING
FAULTS.
B. PI SUITABILITY IS GOOD.
C. CLOUD COVER MASKS APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT OF THE MISSION.
S E C R E T
(ABOVE MESSAGE ALSO PASSED TO (IA WATCH ASP/RR)
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